Catch-Up Library Thursday--What We're Reading

             I missed Thursday's post, so this is a do over.  It was a rough day, but I'm hopeful for today.  Kiddo wanted me to write some more about the Upside Down Magic series, as we are listening to the most recent book right now, but I feel like I've already shared a lot about it.  I worry that this might be the last book in the series, but there has been no announcement in that direction, so I won't ruin Kiddo's fun.  Once this one is done, though, I need to look around for another series of books for us to do together, because there appears to be one book a year, and we will be all caught up once we finish this one.  I might sneak A Little Princess into the mix before the next series, though, because Kiddo adored the movie and might like the book, too. 

                Is it unreasonable to worry that Kiddo prefers audiobooks?  It's becoming more and more apparent that she has some AD/HD tendencies, and I wonder if her preference has to do with that--she gets the stories, but she can wiggle at the same time.  Audiobooks have certainly helped my life, after all.  I'm also trying to convince her that if she just does her schoolwork every day, she won't have a massive catch-up project every few months (three guesses what this week's big activity has been).

                Tiny, meanwhile, is obsessed with Matthew Van Fleet's Heads, which is a fun interactive book with tabs to push and pull and flaps to flip and such.  It was Kiddo's first, so some of the flaps and moving parts have been torn off.  I'm debating buying a new copy, so she can have the full experience.  I know what it is to be the youngest sibling and have to put up with the damage that other kids did to your books before they were yours.  She loves all the interactions, so I'm also putting interactive books on her Christmas wish list for this year, too.  One of her uncles is very into pop-up and interactive books, and one of her aunts is just generally into all books, so I think such a request would be welcomed.

                I just finished Revenge of the Spellmans by Lisa Lutz.  The whole series is a lot of fun, following a woman who grew up in a family of private investigators and couldn't help but join the family business.  It's relieving, once in a while, to read a mystery in which nobody dies.  I love a good murder mystery as much as the next girl, but we are spending enough time with death these days.  It's a bit ironic, then, that I picked Belgravia, by Julian Fellowes, for the next book, as the story revolves around two people who died before their time.  I loved the series on Epix (which I binged on a preview weekend--suckers), so I'm looking forward to the book.  I'm a little concerned that, since Fellowes is a TV series creator, there won't be many revelations in the book that weren't already in the series.  If his name sounds familiar, it's because he also created Downton Abbey, as well as the book (script) for the Broadway musical version of Mary Poppins.

                It's the end of the month, so I borrowed the rest of my allowance from Hoopla.  I need more good audiobooks that take less than 9 hours for November.  Any suggestions?